In Defense of Abortion and Infanticide

Tooley, Michael

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“…Theorists have variously seized on many of these to offer accounts of the grounds of moral status. These include possession of self-consciousness ( Tooley 1972 ), possession of sophisticated psychological capacities ( McMahan 2002 ), possession of 'typical human capacities' ( DiSilvestro 2010 ), possession of the capacity to participate in a 'person-rearing relationship' ( Jaworska and Tennenbaum 2014 ), possession of a capacity for intentional agency ( Sebo 2017 ), the ability to take oneself to be an end rather than a mere means in the sense that one can experience and pursue what is good for one ( Korsgaard 2013 ), the capacity to suffer ( Bentham 1996 ), possession of the genetic basis for moral agency ( Liao 2010 ), and no doubt more. Of course some of these are friendlier to entities outside the tight circle of healthy adult humans, and some are not.…”

Section: Moral Statusmentioning

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Consciousness and Moral Status

Shepherd¹

2018

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Consciousness and Moral Status

Shepherd¹

2018

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“…(Engelhardt 2000: xii) Engelhardt provoserer ved å trekke frem forbudet mot spedbarnsdrap som eksempel på et tabu som ikke lar seg begrunne i sekulaer bioetikk. Men også noen ateistiske filosofer er enige med ham i at sett ut fra Vestens liberale abortpraksis, må dette forbudet ses på nettopp som et ubegrunnet tabu (Giubilini & Minerva 2013;Tooley 1972).…”

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Kristen bioetikk på defensiven

Magelssen

2013

Etikk Praksis - Nord J Appl Ethics

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InnledningBioetikk er etiske spørsmål som oppstår i kjølvannet av vitenskapelige fremskritt innen bioteknologi og medisin. Klassisk eller tradisjonell kristen bioetikk kjennetegnes blant annet ved at det legges vekt på respekt for menneskeverdet, ikke minst ved livets begynnelse og slutt. Fra ståstedet til klassisk kristen bioetikk er denne respekten for menneskeverdet i ferd med å uthules.

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“…For debilitating, painful of life-limiting diseases, NS, or 'gene therapy' (GT) is an attractive technology because it prevents suffering of the unborn child and distress of the parents (Abraham, 2012;Glover, 1984). It is also supported by a variety of bioethicists according to various theories (Tooley, 1972;Purdy, 1996;Thompson, 1971;; Singer, 1974), but both NS and PS (called 'genetic enhancement' or GE) of embryos likely resonates best with the bioliberalism philosophymore specifically, a subset of bioliberalism, called transhumanism. Transhumanists argue that genetic selection of embryos could benefit the future individual by improving physical wellbeing, intelligence, emotional stability and resiliency to stressors.…”

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The Ethics of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis in Practice: An Analysis of the Feasibility and Ethical Considerations of Applying and Regulating Genetic Enhancement

Bleeker¹

2013

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Le diagnostic préimplantatoire (DPI) compte de nombreuses applications pour entreprendre une thérapie et pour augmenter le potentiel humain. Dans un article précé-dent, j'ai présenté des arguments en faveur de tous les types de DPI, qu'il s'agisse de traitements médicaux ou d'interventions pour augmenter le potentiel humain. Ces arguments étaient fondés sur l'absence de distinction morale entre la thérapie génique et l'amélioration génétique. Par conséquent, si on ne peut établir de distinction entre la thérapeutique et l'amélioration génétique sur le plan moral, on ne pourra définir le caractère moral des applications du DPI qu'en fonction de leur processus et non de leur finalité. Bien que cet argument semble logiquement vrai, on croit qu'il est possible et nécessaire de faire une nette distinction, sur un plan pratique, entre ce qui est moralement admissible et ce qui ne l'est pas, dans le cadre des applications du DPI à des fins d'amélioration génétique. Afin de bien faire cette distinction, cet article passe de l'analyse de la substance morale du DPI en tant que technologie à l'étude des agents moralement concernés employant le DPI. En tant qu'êtres humains, nous sommes probablement à la fois responsables et peu fiables sur le plan moral en tant que consommateurs du DPI : ce qui constitue la base de la délimitation de pratiques acceptables en matière du DPI. Mots-clés :Bioéthique, fécondation in vitro, diagnostic préimplantatoire, amélioration génétique, bio libéralisme Abstract:Pre-Implantation genetic diagnosis (PGD) has many therapeutic and enhancement applications. In a previous work, I presented arguments in favour of all types of PGD, whether for medical therapies or human enhancement. These arguments were based on the absence of moral distinctions between genetic therapy and genetic enhancement. The implication of these arguments is that, if one cannot distinguish between therapy and enhancement on moral grounds, then all PGD applications must be either moral or immoral. Although logically speaking this argument may be true, in practice I believe that it is possible and necessary to draw a line between what is morally permissible and what is not with respect to applications of PGD for genetic enhancement. In order to draw this line, I move away from analyzing the moral substance of PGD as a technology and focus instead on the moral agents that will employ PGD. As humans, I believe we are both morally accountable and morally unreliable as agents for the use of PGD, and this feature forms the basis of the delineation of acceptable PGD practices.

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In Defense of Abortion and Infanticide

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Consciousness and Moral Status

Consciousness and Moral Status

Kristen bioetikk på defensiven

The Ethics of Pre-Implantation Genetic Diagnosis in Practice: An Analysis of the Feasibility and Ethical Considerations of Applying and Regulating Genetic Enhancement

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